Terms of Use

TERMS OF USE

Effective date: November 1st, 2017

Acceptance of the Terms of Use.

Africa Capital Digest (africacapitaldigest.com) is a website (“Site”) and newsletter service owned by Rowayton Press, LLC, (“we” or the “Publisher”) a limited liability corporation registered in the State of Connecticut.  These Terms of Use govern your use of the content published by The Publisher.  The Publisher publishes original and curated content products and services (“Products”) to users around the world. This content includes text, data, audio and video content that is delivered at africacapitaldigest.com, by email, in print or in-person.

Users, (“you” or the “User”), are invited to post comments, submit articles, sign up for newsletters and visit the Site in accordance with these Terms of Use. By accessing the Site or its affiliated products and services, the User agrees that your access to the Site and its content is governed by these Terms of Use.  If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you may not use the products and services.

Changes to this policy.

The Publisher may at any time make changes to these Terms of Use at our sole discretion. Should the Terms of Use change, the effective date at the beginning of the Policy will be updated. The Publisher will not advise you of any future changes made to these Terms of Use. Continued use of the Publisher’s Products and Services after a change in the Terms of Use is deemed acceptance of those changes, so you are encouraged to visit this Terms of Use from time to time to check for any updates.

Disclaimer
The Publisher publishes general information only and does not constitute financial guidance or investment advice. No representations or warranties are made with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the Publisher’s content. All liability from the use or misuse of the Publisher’s content is hereby expressly disclaimed. The content contained on this site should be used only at your own risk.

Third-Party Content
Content from third parties is available through the Service. Content created by third parties is the sole responsibility of the third parties. The Publisher does not endorse that content, nor does it guarantee the accuracy or completeness of that content. Africa Capital Digest may provide links to Web pages, Web sites, and various resources or locations on the Internet. The Publisher has no control over the content you access via such links, does not endorse that content, and shall not be responsible for it or for the consequences of your use of that content.

No Cancellations of Paid Subscriptions
Annual paid subscriptions are non-cancellable and pro-rated refunds are not offered.

Usage

Unless otherwise stated, Africa Capital Digest and its parent Rowayton Press, LLC own the intellectual property rights in the Newsletter and Website and material in the Newsletter and the Website. You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the Newsletter and Website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions that follow and elsewhere in these terms of use.

Africa Capital Digest’s content may not be repackaged, nor may you develop or derive for commercial gain from any product that incorporates or uses any component of Africa Capital Digest. This includes selling, renting or sublicensing the material as well as reproducing, duplicating, copying or otherwise exploiting the material in any way for commercial purpose. You may not republish, redistribute or show any material from the Website of Newsletter in public or to the public in any format except as provided for in the section on permitted sharing below. You may not use a group inbox to subscribe to the Newsletter or share your copy of the Newsletter or your Website logins in any way except as provided for in the section on permitted sharing below. In addition, Africa Capital Digest content may not be altered, “framed,” mirrored, adapted, sub-licensed, translated, reverse engineered, decompiled, indexed, spidered, “data mined,” or disassembled. You may not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in Africa Capital Digest.

Permitted Sharing

Your copy of the Newsletter can be forwarded privately to a colleague no more than two times per month as long as it does not result in the Newsletter’s publication or duplication in any form. Screenshots of partial content from the Website or the Newsletter can be taken for the purpose of sharing privately or on social media no more than four times per month as long as such publication includes full attribution to Africa Capital Digest. Reasonable excerpts of content from the Newsletter or Website can be reproduced for a blog post or other publication as long as full attribution and links to Africa Capital Digest are included and the excerpt does not exceed 40% of the content in the original Africa Capital Digest article or post.

Africa Capital Digest reserves the right to terminate any or all of these exceptions at any time globally or on an individual user basis.

Acceptable Use

You must not use the Newsletter or Website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Newsletter or Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Newsletter or Website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to the Website or Newsletter.

You must not use the Newsletter or Website for any purposes related to marketing without Rowayton Press, LLC’s express written consent.

Restricted Access

Access to certain areas of the Website is restricted. The Publisher reserves the right to restrict access to other areas of this website, or indeed this entire website, at Rowayton Press, LLC’s discretion.

If the Publisher provides you with a user ID and password to enable you to access the Newsletter or restricted areas of this Website or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept confidential.

The Publisher may disable your user ID and password in our sole discretion without notice or explanation.

Protections
Africa Capital Digest and all content therein—including all text, data, analysis, opinions, images, audio, video, Webcasts, presentations, and related resources—are the property of the Publisher, unless otherwise identified, and are protected by United States trademark and copyright law and other applicable laws. Any other copyrights and trademarks that are used or referred to in Africa Capital Digest are the property of their respective owners.

Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Publisher and its affiliates—including their respective officers, directors, owners, agents, partners, information providers, and licensors (“the Parties”)—harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the use of Africa Capital Digest. The Publisher reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with the Publisher’s defense of such claim.

Limitation of Liability
NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS WARRANTS THAT AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES THE PUBLISHER, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OFAFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST. AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST AND THE CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS, AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST OR ANY CONTENT THEREIN. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER WARRANTS THAT ANY FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING THROUGH AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND COMPLETENESS OF AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST IS ASSUMED SOLELY BY YOU. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST IS TO STOP USING AFRICA CAPITAL DIGEST.

International Use
You agree to comply with all local rules regarding user conduct on the Internet and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

Severability
If any provision or portion of these Terms is held in whole or in part to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder of that provision and of the entire agreement will be severable and will remain in effect, to the fullest degree consistent with the intent of this document.